The official line from BP was a lack of suitable storage facilities.
Now that Super and LRP have gone the way of the Tassie Tiger we now have a couple of spare tanks.
The only other option until then was to privately ship in 200 ltr barrels of Optimax through Shell. (I know somone with a 348kw ATW WRX who was doing just this)
Because Tasmania is a lonely island you have to consider the cost of transporting the fuel to them and how many people uses it.
I don't think there's a lot of people there actually use 98 RON to fill up so the demand isnt there so not a lot of suppliers. Plus they need to sell a lot of it to make any profit.
The further away from the source you are the more you have to pay. I read in the NRMA road magazine last month that you could get petrol as little as 2 cents a litre in the middle east.
As for 100 RON, personally I can't afford it so I won't even bother driving out of my way to get it. My 3 cents
Because Tasmania is a lonely island you have to consider the cost of transporting the fuel to them and how many people uses it.
I don't think there's a lot of people there actually use 98 RON to fill up so the demand isnt there so not a lot of suppliers. Plus they need to sell a lot of it to make any profit.
Please cite your references for the above statements........